NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:37 pm on 14 September 2016.

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Photo of Diane Abbott Diane Abbott Shadow Secretary of State for Health 3:37, 14 September 2016

Initially, the STPs were discouraged from publishing their draft plans, freedom of information requests were met with blank replies, and enquirers were told that no minutes of STP board meetings existed. We are therefore bound to ask: if the plans are really in the interests of patients and the public, why has everyone been so anxious to ensure that patients and the public know as little as possible?